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Category: Inflation

This category includes articles about the causes and effects of the loss of purchasing power of currencies.

Federal Reserve

Can the Fed really manage inflation?

By John Schroy, on July 5th, 2006 | Leave a comment
Is the Fed Wizard a Humbug?

It has been widely-publicized that Ben Bernanke, the new Federal Reserve Chairman, has strong views regarding the Federal Reserve Bank’s responsibility and ability to control inflation in the United States. Most of the discussion about interest rates seems to start with the assumption that interest rates do indeed control inflation and that the Federal Reserve’s ability to rig short-term rates gives it the power to stabilize the value of money.

But is this assumption reasonable?

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